University of Kentucky Libraries

Academic Library · United States

• https://uknowledge.uky.edu/

Digital Scholarship and Data

https://uknowledge.uky.edu/

Kyle Bachman, Institutional Repository Library Specialist
Email: kyle.bachman-johnson@uky.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The University of Kentucky Libraries provides resources, services, and expertise for the university community to publish scholarly contents and to enhance the discoverability of the published works. The library also educates campus constituents about various scholarly communication and digital scholarship topics.

• Publishing activities began: 2010
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
• Individual people: 2
• Students: Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Datasets
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Journals
• Multimedia
• Open educational resources

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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